Have - Haber (The 13th Most Common Spanish Word)
The Spanish translation for Have is Haber. It is classified as a A1 word, and is the 13th most commonly used word in Spanish. It can be used as verb. This word often comes up when talking about sickness & injuries, food, ownership, activities & movements, family & relationships. Tap on the speaker icon to listen to their pronunciations, and you can also see example sentences for context below. Our app contains over 60,000 example sentences, pronunciations, and various practice types for the 3000 most common Spanish words. Download it now to discover them all.
Pronunciation
English:
have
Spanish:
haber
Examples
You should have seen the film.
Deberías haber visto la película.
You could have said something.
Podrías haber dicho algo.
You must have heard about me.
Debes haber oído hablar de mí.
You should have called the cops.
Deberías haber llamado a la policía.
I'm truly sorry for having returned home late.
Siento de veras haber vuelto tan tarde a casa.
He ought to have arrived in New York by now.
Ya ha de haber llegado a Nueva York.
She should have arrived home by now.
A estas horas él ya debe de haber llegado a casa.
My friend ought to have arrived here by now.
Mi amigo ya debería haber llegado.
I regret having done such a thing.
Me arrepiento de haber hecho tal cosa.
I'm not sure what's wrong. We should have heard from him by now.
No estoy seguro de qué está mal. Deberíamos haber oído de él por ahora.
He seems to have missed the point.
Él parece no haber entendido de qué se trata.
He cannot have said such nonsense.
No puede haber dicho tamaña estupidez.
There was nothing I could have done.
No había nada que pude haber hecho.
He couldn’t have done that.
Él no podría haber hecho eso.
I don't know what could have happened.
No sé qué pudo haber pasado.
The teacher couldn't have said something like that.
El maestro no podría haber dicho algo así.
You never should have left your husband.
Tú nunca deberías haber dejado a tu esposo.
I wonder where she must have gone.
Me pregunto dónde debe haber ido.
How foolish of me for not having thought of that.
Qué tonto de mí por no haber pensado en eso.
If you didn't want to come, you should have said something.
Si no querías venir, deberías haber dicho algo.
He seems to have been ill for a long time.
Tiene aspecto de haber estado mucho tiempo enfermo.
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